The EMAC Preview

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Liberty Classical went 10-0 and won the EMAC last year. Liberty, Hiawatha Collegiate, and Avail Academy were the best teams in the league overall. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Conference Commentary</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Favorites: Hiawatha Collegiate, Avail Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hiawatha Collegiate lost four players to graduation but they have their next star in Kam'Ron Solomon plus a few others ready to make an impact. Avail Academy had no seniors last season and they were a 20 game winner. They have big expectations for this coming winter. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Compete with Most: Liberty Classical, Twin Cities Academy</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Liberty was a mix of seniors and freshmen. The seniors have graduated but it's time now for the young talents to step up and lead the program. Twin Cities Academy has all of their key pieces back including one of the league's best players, junior Jamal Randle. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rebuilding: Community of Peace, Hmong Academy, Math &amp; Science Academy, Academy for Sciences &amp; Agriculture </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With three starters gone from a team that was 3-7 in league play, Community of Peace will have to fill some spots to improve. They do have their top two scorers back however. Hmong Academy has their top two players returning. Math &amp; Science Academy also has their top pair of players back for this season. Academy for Sciences &amp; Agriculture only played 11 games last year. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>23-24 Conference Predictions</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Avail Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hiawatha Collegiate</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Twin Cities Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Liberty Classical</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Community of Peace</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Math &amp; Science Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Hmong Academy</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Academy for Sciences &amp; Agriculture </li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Preseason All EMAC</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>First Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kam'Ron Solomon of Hiawatha Collegiate (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Zachariah Schapp of Avail Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1560883' first='Ethan' last='Richter'] of Liberty Classical (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jamal Randle of Twin Cities Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Justin Kroeze of Avail Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Second Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Julius Terrell of Community of Peace (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Isaac Aune of Avail Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacob Stiele of Twin Cities Academy (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Salviya Balami of Math &amp; Science Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Damian Yang of Hmong Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Jacob Ritzema of Avail Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>Third Team</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Domonick Watkins of Hiawatha Collegiate (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1874933' first='Touwin' last='Yang'] of Community of Peace (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1617744' first='Giovanni' last='Alonso'] of Twin Cities Academy (sr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kaleb Yang of Hmong Academy (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lincoln Block of Avail Academy (jr)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2510330' first='Sam' last='Rupnow'] of Liberty Classical (soph)</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->